Prof Nick Finer: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- president and chair of the International Prader-Willi Syndrome Organisation
- Quoted on
- Public health & prevention
- Tracked press citations
- 1
- Most recently quoted
- 10 Sept 2026
“What seems to have happened is there was a shift to manufacturers calculating the amount of room you take up on the floor [rather than weight]. But they assume the shape of a person is an oval rather than a circle. They have completely failed to recognise that if obesity is increasing then so is the amount of room you take up.”
Where Prof Nick Finer has been quoted
- Capacity of lifts not kept up with UK obesity levels, study showstheguardian.com · 10 Sept 2026
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